By NICOLE WINFIELD and COLLEEN BARRY, Associated Press ROME (AP) — Amanda Knox has a final shot at clearing her name of the last vestige of criminal wrongdoing when Italy’s highest court on Thursday hears her appeal of a slander conviction for falsely accusing a Congolese bar owner in the 2007 murder of her British…
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The longtime owner and developer of Bella Terra mall in Huntington Beach has sold its 25% interest in the property to its partner, PGIM Real Estate. San Jose-based DJM Capital Partners, which bought the property 20 years ago, declined to share terms of the sale. “It is with pride that we sell our stake in…
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Q. Last week, our power was turned off because of the strong winds. Unfortunately, we had to throw away a lot of food because our freezer and refrigerator were off for 2 days. In the future, what can we do to minimize the loss of food? We were in the same boat last week. If…
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By MORGAN LEE and STEPHEN GROVES, Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s inauguration-day executive orders and promises of mass deportations of “millions and millions” of people will hinge on securing money for detention centers. The Trump administration has not publicly said how many immigration detention beds it needs to achieve its…
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Firefighters held the Hughes fire in check overnight, keeping the blaze at 10,176 acres with 14% containment as crews prepared for another day of critical fire weather, authorities said. The fire, burning near Castaic in the Antelope Valley, was first reported around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, and exploded in size thanks to strong Santa…
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By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A teenager who stabbed three young girls to death at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England was sentenced Thursday to more than 50 years in prison for what a judge called “the most extreme, shocking and exceptionally serious crime.” Judge Julian Goose said 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana…
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By ZEKE MILLER, JOSH BOAK and JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump used an address Thursday to the World Economic Forum to promise global elites lower taxes if they bring manufacturing to the U.S. and threatened to impose tariffs if they don’t. Speaking by video from the White House to the…
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LOS ANGELES — These can be the dog days of the NHL season. Everybody’s past the halfway point of the 82-game schedule, but the playoffs are still three months away. The games pile up, the midseason break – this time for the Four Nations international tournament Feb. 12-20, rather than an All-Star weekend – isn’t…
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By Abby Badach Doyle | NerdWallet With stylish features and floor plans, many of today’s manufactured homes break the old “mobile home” stereotype — without breaking the bank. On average, new manufactured homes cost about a third of the price of site-built homes, reports the Manufactured Housing Institute, a trade group. Factory construction lowers material…
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MELBOURNE, Australia — When Madison Keys finally finished off her 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (10-8) upset of No. 2 Iga Swiatek in a high-intensity, high-quality Australian Open semifinal Thursday night, saving a match point along the way, the 29-year-old American crouched on the court and placed a hand on her white hat. She had a hard…
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